Direct-to-home (DTH) service provider Tata Sky has asserted that it is fully geared to face the challenges arising out of the June deadline set for the first phase of nation-wide digitisation prog...
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‘There is no such thing as self-regulation, every institution is accountable to the people.' We publish here an edited excerpt from a clarification issued by Press Council chairman Markandey Katju. The full text of his clarification can be read at www.thehindu.com. ‘No doubt, the media should provide some entertainment also to the people. But if 90 per cent of their coverage is devoted to entertainment, and only 10 per cent to all the socio-economic issues put together, then the sense of priorities of the media has gone haywire.'
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Justice Markandey Katju, Chairman, Press Council of India, argues that the media has a very important role to play in helping the country make the transition from an old feudal society to a modern industrial one quickly, and without much pain.
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Sriram Balasubramanian has pointed out that although television serials are boring for many of us, they are also an inexpensive entertainer to the elderly and others confined to their homes (“Soap...
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A move to announce the viewer ratings of news channels once a month – rather than the current weekly announcement – has spurred opposition from advertisers as well as some channels. The media rese...
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The second fortnight of August 2011 saw one of the largest mobilisations of people in recent years against corruption in India. The struggle led by Anna Hazare dominated the media all through the f...
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Justice Katju's criticism has triggered a welcome debate and introspection in the media but it is also expected of the Press Council chairman to take a more nuanced view of the complex terrain before him.
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With India accounting for nearly $1.4 billion loss of revenue due to piracy, experts and participants at the CASBAA conference are of the opinion that digitisation of cable services from 2014 in I...
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The government has tightened the norms for television channel licences, increasing the net worth criteria for those wanting to start new channels, and warning existing ones that the renewal of the...
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